Wringer-support.



l acitizen' of the United States, residing in Newton, county of `Jasper,and State of fic itil

. EDWARD A. EUSTICE, 'OF NEWTON, IOWA.

i weinci:1r-serreiur.l

Specification of Letters Patent. i

ratentea Feb. ifs, 191e.

f Application led June -1, 1911.` Serial No. 6210,697l;V l

To all Iwhom t may concern: v Be it known that I, EDWARD A. EUS/rien,

lowa, have invented anew and useful Improvenient` .in Nringer-Sup'ports,of which the following is a specification.

rihe object of my invention is to' provide an attachment for a wringersupport Iwhich may be so adjusted as to run-the water taken from theclothes in either direction, desired, and is particularly adapted foruse 1 with a reversible wringer for returning the rinsing water to therinsing tub. v

The wringer support and wringer which I employ are of the ordinary type,no-particular style or construction being necessary,'as my attachmentvmay easily be secured to any standard construction.

My invention consistsl of certain details of construction, hereinafterset forth, pointed outi'n -my clailns, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, inV which 1 Figure I shows a vertical sectionalview `of a wringer and wringer support and my attachment .securedthereto, the dotted lines indicating the elevated position 'which therear section of the attachment is designed to assume when desired; Fig.II shows a like view except that the' forward section of my attachmentis shown in an elevated position; and Fig. III shows a perspective Viewof a wringer support ,fitted out with my attachment.A V- Referring totheaccompanying drawings the reference numeral -10 is used to indicate aportion of a washing machine to which a wringer support 11, maybe'eith'er perma` nently or removably attached, said wringer and wringersupport being of any ldesired standard type. `The cross piece l2 .of thewringerl support, to` which the wringer isl designed to be secured,is,'pre ferably, constructed of a strip of material provided with.

upwardly projectingend lugs, 13 and 1.4 respectively, each of which hasa vertical inner face 15Iand 16 respectively.

My attachment is constructed of two sections 17 and 18, preferably sheetmetal, hinged together, as shown at .19, the forward section being ofgreater length than the rearr section. Each of these sections isprovided'with lupturned sides, as shown, and

the forward section is pivotally secured to the dcross piece 12, bymeans v'of pins, or the 1ike, pa ss1ng through orifices 1n their re-vspective upturned sides and being journaled 1n their respectivelugs 13vand 14.

i, From the foregoing description it is apparent that each section ismountedfor pivotal movement, the forward section from its bearings inthe cross piece and the rear section from its hinged connections withthe .forward section. The downward limit of movement of section 18 isdetermined by the base of the wringer support.

Fingers 20 are pivoted to the 'crosspiece 12 and when in the positionshown in Fig.

2A hold section 17 in raised position.v A. pin 21 1s secured to lug 14and projects beyond ythe inner end of the latter to engage the adjacentside of the section 17 to limit the downward movement of the section as4depicted in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

My device .is particularly adapted for use with a reversible wringer.Then the two sections are each in their normal positions, recliningdownwardly, the water w'rung from the clothes will bel received by therear section andV returned Vto the washing machine. When the wringer isreversed m op# eration, vand clothes are being taken 'from a rinsingtub, the rear section is elevated and the water discharged' from theclothes is received lon the rear section and runs for# wardly on sameonto, and over, the forward section and is returned to the rinsing tub.

When clothes are beingl takenfrom thewashing machine the forward sectionof my devicev may, if desired, be. elevated and vserve as a means toreceive the clothes'after they are wrung, the water,'obv1ously, beingreturned to the washing machine.

, Having thus described my invention what lI claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States is;

- 1. In combination, .with a support, havingspaced end lugs, a dripboard composed of apair of-scctions, one of the sections being arrangedin the space between said end lugs and beingv pivoted thereto, the othersectionhaving its inner end extending `beyond the inner end of the firstnamed section and being hinged thereto, a pivoted finger carried by thesupport to 'engage the bottom of said first mentioned section to holdlthe latter'in raised position, and a pin carried bythe supportto engagethe'inner end of the first mentioned section -to limit the* .downwardmovement thereof.

2. InI combination with a support, a dripvboard composed of a' pair ofsections, one

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of the sectlons being pivotally connected bethe 'rst named section sothat same will be tween its ends. to the support2 the other held withits inner end in overlapping resection havin its i1- r end prjectingover lation to the inner end of the second named and beyondte innlr enddo the first namd section. l 5 secti0n, an ein inge etween-its en s .tosaid first namel section, the free'endpor- EDWARD A' EUSTICE'- tion ofthe second named section 'being for Witnesses: engagement with thesupport to restrict itsl D. N. CLARK,y v downward movement, andIneansrto enga'ge JAY CLARK.`

